Amplitude and phase modulation of time-energy entangled two-photon states

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16452-16458

  Zah F ^a   Halder, M ^b   Feurer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MODULATION; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

AMPLITUDE AND PHASE MODULATIONS; ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; BANDWIDTH LIMITEDS; ENTANGLED TWO-PHOTON STATE; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION; SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION; TWO-PHOTON INTERFERENCE;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 54249150917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016452     Document Type: Article

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